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Swain County
Schools
This list of books show locations in Swain County Public School Libraries. These books have sexually inappropriate or confusing gender concepts or content. Some books may have violence or horror. No data base is available to determine whether classrooms may or may not contain these books. Therefore, we encourage citizens to inquire of teachers and administrators to verify they are not present or being used for instruction of any kind. Sora, Libby, Overdrive, and other ebook sources used in schools are also not reflected in this list. We do our best to keep all lists up to date. If you see a change that needs to be made, please contact us.
The Content Based Rating System was inspired by the widely accepted MPA rating system. This rating system is meant to be a quick guide for busy parents who want to know what objectionable material is found between a book's covers. While it is a great tool, it does not meet the standards needed for schools to use for evaluating materials for student use.
Swain County East Elementary School
no inappropriate books found
Swain County West Elementary School
no inappropriate books found
Swain Academy (Alternative) School
Note: Uses Swain County High School Library
Swain County Middle School
Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World (Penelope Bagiue) Rated 2
A Court of Mist and Fury (Sarah Maas) Rated 4
Dear Martin (Nic Stone) Rated 2
Fade /Book 2 (Lisa McMann) Rated 3
The 57 Bus (Dashka Slater) Rated 2
The Hate U Give (Angie Thomas) Rated 3
Heartstopper, Vol 1 (Alice Osman) Rated 2
Lady Midnight: The Dark Artifices: Book One (Cassandra Clare) Rated 3
Let Me Play: the story of Title IX (Karen Blumenthal) Rated 1
Looking for Alaska (John Green) Rated 3
Monday’s Not Coming (Tiffany Jackson) Rated 3
Ready Player One (Ernest Cline) 3
Shiver (Maggie Stiefvater) Rated 3
Shout (Laurie Anderson) Rated 3
Speak (Laurie Anderson) Rated 3
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You (Jason Reynolds and Ibram
Kendi) Rated 1
Vampire Academy (Richelle Mead) Rated 3
Swain County High School
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Sherman Alexie) Rated 2 43 copies
Beloved (Toni Morrison) Rated Rated 3
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison) Rated 4
Bumped (Megan McCafferty) Rated 3
Burned (Ellen Hopkins) Rated 3
Call Me by Your Name (Andre Aciman) Rated 4
The Carnival at Bray (Jessie Ann Foley) Rated 4
A Child Called “It” (David Pelzer) Rated 3
Chosen: a house of night novel (PC and Kristin Cast) Rated 3
Clockwork Princess (Cassandra Clare) Rated 3
Crank (Ellen Hopkins) Rated 3
Eleanor and Park (Rainbow Rowell) 3 1
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Jonathan Foer) Rated 3
Fade (Lisa McMann) Rated 3
Fallout (Ellen Hopkins) Rated 3
FanGirl (Rainbow Rowell) Rated 2 2 copies
Flowers in the Attic (VC Andrews)Rated 2
The Freedom Writers’ Diary (The Freedom Writers with Erin Gruwell) Rated 4
Gabi a Girl in Pieces (Isabel Quintero) Rated 3 1 ebook
Glass (Ellen Hopkins) Rated 3 2 copies
Go Ask Alice (Anonymous) Rated 3
The Handmaid’s Tale (Margaret Atwood) Rated 4
Identical (Ellen Hopkins) Rated 4
I’ll Give You the Sun (Jandy Nelson) Rated 3
Impulse (Ellen Hopkins) Rated 3
The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini) Rated 4 71copies
The Kite Runner: a graphic novel (Khaled Hosseini) Rated 3
Last Night at the Telegraph Club (Malinda Lo) Rated 4
Looking for Alaska (John Green) Rated 3
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold) Rated 3
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (Jesse Andrews) Rated 3
My Friend Dahmer (Derf Backderg) Rated 2
Nineteen Minutes (Jodi Picoult) Rated 4
Perfect (Ellen Hopkins) Rated 4
Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky) Rated 4 2 copies
Queen of Shadows (Sarah Maas) Rated 3
Ready Player One (Ernest Cline) Rated 3
Rumble (Ellen Hopkins) Rated 3
Shine (Lauren Myracle) Rated 4
Shiver (Maggie Stiefvater) Rated 3
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut) Rated 4
Smoke (Ellen Hopkins) Rated 3
Sold (Patricia McCormick) Rated 5
Speak (Laurie Anderson) Rated 3 32 copies
Tricks (Ellen Hopkins) Rated 5 2. copies
Twisted (Laurie Anderson) Rated 3
Wintergirls (Laurie Anderson) 3 1
